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Ted Turner dies aged 87: Billionaire founded CNN and was married to Jane Fonda
dailymail.com ^ | May 2026 | ALEX HAMMER

Posted on 05/06/2026 7:22:52 AM PDT by V_TWIN

The billionaire died on Wednesday, according to the cable news network he founded.

Turner was nicknamed the 'Mouth of the South' for often being outspoken, and built a media empire that included movies and sports channels, as well as owning the Atlanta Braves.

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KEYWORDS: atlanta; cnn; dumbass; georgia; hanoijane; janefonda; liberalcreep; tbs; tcm; tedturner; tnt; tomahawkchop; turnerclassicmovies
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To: PAR35

He was a mixed bag to be sure, but towards the end he went full globalist.


81 posted on 05/06/2026 9:43:30 AM PDT by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: Magnum44

Yep.


82 posted on 05/06/2026 9:46:37 AM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (The tree accused of killed Sonny Bono was planted.)
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To: V_TWIN

The good news... He didn’t know that he was alive, so the fact that he’s dead won’t shock him too much.


83 posted on 05/06/2026 9:49:40 AM PDT by jerod (Nazis were essentially Socialist in Hugo Boss uniforms... Get over it!)
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To: ConservativeStatement
...and the sports duo of Fred Hickman and Nick Charles were watchable...

That was a great sports show.

84 posted on 05/06/2026 10:07:20 AM PDT by Rummyfan (Ok In anyq war between the civilized man and the savage, support lthe civilized man.👨 so t tv)
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To: PGalt

Like what?


85 posted on 05/06/2026 10:09:39 AM PDT by nwrep
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To: CodeToad
He owned CNN, which started as a trustworthy news source but was intended all along to be the liberal propaganda outlet it is now known.

He created a Frankenstein's monster or golem. It got out of his control.

86 posted on 05/06/2026 10:11:10 AM PDT by Rummyfan (Ok In anyq war between the civilized man and the savage, support lthe civilized man.👨 so t tv)
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To: Rummyfan

He created a Frankenstein’s monster or golem. It got out of his control.


Trump just posted, he basically said the same thing. But he had nothing but praise for Ted.


87 posted on 05/06/2026 10:12:58 AM PDT by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: Disambiguator

LOL!


88 posted on 05/06/2026 10:15:20 AM PDT by PGalt (Past Peak Civilization? )
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To: nwrep; All

Things mentioned this thread.


89 posted on 05/06/2026 10:20:52 AM PDT by PGalt (Past Peak Civilization? )
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To: V_TWIN; All

“Captain Outrageous”


90 posted on 05/06/2026 10:20:52 AM PDT by SMARTY (In politics, stupidity is not a handicap. Napoleon Bonaparte I)
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To: srmanuel

He also put a uniform on himself and sat in the dugout acting like the manager, eventually MLB cancelled that self-promotional idea.

He is credited as managing one game which the Braves lost. May 11, 1977, for the Atlanta Braves (the Braves lost 2–1 to the Pittsburgh Pirates to bring their losing streak to 17 games).


91 posted on 05/06/2026 10:21:26 AM PDT by Steven Scharf
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To: Steven Scharf

I think once the commissioner of MLB saw Ted Turner in the dugout wearing a uniform, he put a stop that ASAP.


92 posted on 05/06/2026 10:28:14 AM PDT by srmanuel
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To: V_TWIN

He started Nickelodeon, and Head Lice News.


93 posted on 05/06/2026 10:33:08 AM PDT by caddie (Going forward we all need to become Trump, and also Captain Obvious, and Charlie Kirk too. )
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To: Ultra Sonic 007

Is he a three-star general in this?


94 posted on 05/06/2026 10:46:23 AM PDT by Eleutheria5 ("America can be summed up in one word: Asmpfutehehepfpfutehe")
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To: Rummyfan

“He created a Frankenstein’s monster or golem. It got out of his control.”

He knew what he was creating. I remember the 1980s and 1990s very well. His comments back then were against all things American, from freedom to individual liberties.


95 posted on 05/06/2026 10:47:12 AM PDT by CodeToad
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To: CodeToad

Didn’t he divorce Jane because he found out she believed in a G-d of some sort?


96 posted on 05/06/2026 10:49:14 AM PDT by Eleutheria5 ("America can be summed up in one word: Asmpfutehehepfpfutehe")
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To: TheThirdRuffian

they are pretty tasty! Worked on a bison ranch- we’d butcher one when the male got older and replace it with younger one- made bison hotdogs- it was like eating steak- flavor was awesome. steaks were good too- they didn’t run a lot- though they had large corrals- so were pretty tender- plus we grained em and gave em silage- they were pretty pampered-


97 posted on 05/06/2026 11:05:37 AM PDT by Bob434 (NYWAYS)
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To: V_TWIN

That man was evil and left an evil legacy we still can not get rid of.


98 posted on 05/06/2026 11:08:41 AM PDT by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin (Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
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To: Brian Griffin

exactly! Someone shoudla said to him “Because you moron, letting them have nukes would be like throwing 1000 pit vipers into a playpen full of babies and hoping nothing bad happens.”


99 posted on 05/06/2026 11:08:50 AM PDT by Bob434 (NYWAYS)
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To: Eleutheria5
Those are not general's stars.

His role was as Colonel Waller T. Payton:


100 posted on 05/06/2026 11:18:49 AM PDT by Ultra Sonic 007 (There is nothing new under the sun.)
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